The
WeAreA videogame developer AUA! - IAmA with Gabe Newell on Reddit is now
online following an odd false start for the
interview. The conversation with the Valve honcho includes assists from Erik
Wolpaw, Erik Johnson, Ido Magal, and "Coomer" (we're thinking Greg, not
Christen), with topics covering Linux support, possible Steam Music integration
with other services, and even a reference to
Half-Life 3
Ricochet 2: "When we announced our products years in advance in the past and
then were really late delivering them, it was pretty painful for both us and the
community," explains Gabe. "We'd rather not repeat that."

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InBlack wrote on Mar 5, 2014, 09:27:Well that was a rather boring read. Newell's answers are (mostly) botlike. Got the jive that he would rather be doing anything else with his time...

Could be, or maybe he's just an introvert and socially uncomfortable.

Or maybe it's just that he knows that gamers are never happy with anything, so why get himself into a lose lose situation?

I don't blame him for giving robotic answers that really don't amount to anything, because if they did, gamers would just pick apart everything he said and bash him just for the fun of it. I guess that's just the way it is now.